(*15*)Final week, a slew of recordsdata and property from GTA 5 surfaced on-line. This leak confirmed off number of reduce content material, prompting Rockstar to take motion and difficulty takedowns to creators who have been displaying it in their movies. Considered one of the most attention-grabbing elements of this leak has been seeing all of the scrapped DLC, which features a Liberty Metropolis map growth.
(*15*)Followers have additionally uncovered new details about the sport’s fabled story DLC, which was formally introduced by Rockstar in 2013 with a 2014 launch window in thoughts. Sadly, none of it ever noticed the gentle of day, as Pink Lifeless Redemption 2 and GTA On-line turned increased priorities. Considered one of the DLCs would’ve adopted Trevor assuming the position of a undercover agent, tackling soiled jobs for the authorities and assassinating highly effective foes. A lot of this was already identified, however what followers seemingly weren’t conscious that this DLC was additionally seemingly going to take gamers to Paris.
(*15*)In the leaked recordsdata, gamers have been in a position to have a look at a few of the unfinished ranges made for this DLC, and one in all them contains some form of luxurious condominium that overlooks Paris. The Eiffel Tower might be seen outdoors of a balcony, although it is only a flat picture slightly than an explorable 3D atmosphere. It is solely potential that this condominium would’ve been the extent of the abroad journey, doubtlessly getting used for a cutscene or perhaps some form of assassination mission.
(*15*)The one different time Grand Theft Auto has taken gamers abroad was in GTA: London 1969, which was an growth for the unique sport launched in 1999. Some followers have hoped to see the sequence go overseas, however the franchise’s former author and inventive director, Dan Houser, instructed that the sequence would not work as nicely outdoors of America.
(*15*)”I feel for a full GTA sport, we all the time determined there was a lot Americana inherent in the IP, it will be actually arduous to make it work in London or anyplace else,” mentioned Houser in 2025. “You recognize, you wanted weapons, you wanted these larger-than-life characters. It simply felt like the sport was a lot about America, presumably from an outsider’s perspective. However that was a lot about what the factor was that it would not actually have labored in the similar means elsewhere.”
(*15*)Trevor actor Steven Ogg has spoken loosely about the scrapped GTA 5 story DLC in the previous. He shot some scenes for it, however Rockstar by no means adopted up on the mission, and that was the finish of it. A former developer estimated that the DLC was about midway completed when the plug was pulled and was bitter about its cancellation.
(*15*)“It was actually actually good,” mentioned ex-Rockstar Senior Digital camera Artist Joe Robino. “However when GTA On-line got here out, it was a lot of a money cow and folks have been loving it a lot that it was arduous to make an argument {that a} standalone DLC would outcompete that. I feel wanting again now you might most likely do each. However that was a enterprise choice they made. I used to be just a little upset about that. That truly was plenty of the cause for me being just a little bitter at the moment. As a result of I used to be like yo, WTF guys? This s**t’s superior. Let’s maintain going. Let’s end this s**t.”
(*15*)With GTA 6 on the horizon, it appears unlikely we’ll ever see this DLC revived, however a few of it was salvaged into GTA On-line updates like The Doomsday Heist.
Cade Onder
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